Dr. Arun Raja V is a highly qualified pulmonologist and critical care specialist at Amara Hospital, Tirupati — one of the best chest specialists in Tirupati with a rare DM super-specialty from AIIMS Delhi.
Dr. Arun Raja completed his MBBS from NRI Medical College & Hospital and pursued MD Medicine from SVIMS Tirupati, where he also served as Assistant Professor in Medicine. He then achieved his DM in Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine from AIIMS Delhi — making him one of the few DM pulmonary medicine specialists in Tirupati. He subsequently worked as a consultant at Suvidha Specialty Hospital and completed a Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology certified by the Indian Association of Bronchology (IAB) at Royal Care Hospital, Coimbatore.
As an interventional pulmonologist in Tirupati and a critical care pulmonologist in Tirupati, Dr. Arun Raja offers expert diagnosis and treatment for lung, respiratory, and sleep disorders. He also serves as an ICU specialist in Tirupati, managing complex critical care cases including bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, ICD insertion, tracheostomy, and ventilator management.
Dr. Arun Raja V
(MBBS, MD - Medicine, DM - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine - AIIMS Delhi)
Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology (IABP Certified)
Consultant (Interventional Pulmonologist)
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education
- Completed MBBS from NRI Medical College & Hospital.
- Completed MD Medicine from SVIMS Tirupati.
- Completed DM Pulmonary Critical care and Sleep Medicine from AIIMS Delhi.
- Completed Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology at Royal Care Hospital CAPI Coimbatore. (2023 - 2024)
Experience
- Worked as a Senior Resident in Medicine at SVIMS Tirupati. (2015 - 2016)
- Worked as a Assistant professor in Medicine at SVIMS Tirupati. (2016)
- Worked as a Assistant professor in Medicine at SVIMS Tirupati. (2018 - 2019)
- Worked as a Super Specialty (DM) at AIIMS Delhi. (2019 - 2022)
- Worked as a Consultant in LK Hospital and Suvidha Hospital Hyderabad. (2022 - 2023)
CLINICAL INTEREST OR FOCUS OF WORK
- Bronchoscopy
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Endobronchial Biopsy
- Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
- EBUS
- Thoracoscopy Pleural Biopsy and Talc Pleurodesis
- Adhesolysis for Empyema
- Insertion of indwelling pleural catheter(IPC)
- Rigid Bronchoscopy and Airway Dilatation
- Foreign Body Removal
- Tuberculosis
- Asthma
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Pneumonia
CHAPTERS IN TEXTBOOKS
- Co-authored a chapter titled Leptospirosis in Clinical Medicine update 2015 vol XVIII
- Co-authored a chapter titled Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome in Clinical Allergy
- Co-authored a chapter titled Tidal volume and driving pressures on Non invasive ventilation in Critical care update 2020
- Co-authored a chapter titled Upper and CAO in Textbook of pulmonary medicine by SK JINDAL
- Authored a chapter titled Pulmonary infections in Pulmonary update (2021-2023)
ACHEIVEMENTS
- Secured distinction in Biochemistry in first year MBBS
- Secured distinction in ENT final year MBBS part 1
- Best paper award in State APICON 2013 held at mahabubnagar for paper titled Aetiology and predictors of outcome in patients admitted to medical intensive care unit with multiorgan-dysfunction syndrome.
- Best poster award in NAPCON 2023 held at Hyderabad for poster titled Pleural biopsy in the diagnosis TB pleural effusion
PUBLICATIONS
- Published a topic as special feature in journal of clinical and scientific research Harikrishna J, Raga Deepthi B, Arun Raja V, Suneetha P, Chowhan AK, Vijaya Lakshmi Devi B, Abha Chandra, Mohan A. Horner’s syndrome due to Pancoast tumour. J ClinSci Res 2014;3:150-2
- Published a review article Ageing and kidney : a primer in journal of clinical and scientific research. Suneetha P, Arun Raja V, Sivakumar V. Ageing and kidney: a primer. J ClinSci Res 2015;4:285-92
- Published a topic as correspondence in journal of clinical and scientific research Harikrishna J, Arun Raja V,Narayana Murthy D. Trends in the presentation of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to ICU: experience at a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India. J ClinSci Res 2015;4:310-11.
- Published a review article Transfusion-related acute lung injury in journal of clinical and scientific research. Raja V A, Rahul C, Kumar M K, Pradeep V, Sreedhar Babu K V, Harikrishna J. Transfusion-related acute lung injury. J Clin Sci Res 2018 ;7:24-9.
- Published a case report Anti synthetase syndrome in journal of clinical and scientific research. Raja V A, Harikrishna J, Ganesh M, Rahul C, Praveen A, Reddy S A, Mohan A. Anti-synthetase syndrome. J Clin Sci Res 2019 ;8:98-100.
- Published a case report Acute kidney injury, oral mucositis and gastritis as complications of ingestion of papaya leaf juice extract in a patient presenting with dengue fever in journal of clinical and scientific research. Raja V A, Bhargav K M, Kumar B S, Narayanamurthy D, Bhattaram S, Rukmangadha N. Acute kidney injury, oral mucositis and gastritis as complications of ingestion of papaya leaf juice extract in a patient presenting with dengue fever. J Clin Sci Res 2019;8:204-6.
- Published a case report An unusual case of dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (Cockayne-Touraine disease) associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in journal of clinical and scientific research. Raja V A, Bhargav K M, Reddy P S, Neeharika T, Suryudu R, Bhattaram S, Kumar B S, Rukmangadha N. An unusual case of dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (Cockayne-Touraine disease) associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. J Clin Sci Res 2020 ;9:120-3.
- Published a case report a rare case of hydatoptysis in Indian journal of chest diseases and allied sciences V. Arun Raja , G. Sindhu, B. Sreevidya, Rashmi Patnayak, Vishnu Priya Bukya , S. Settipalli , S. Kadiyala and Alladi Mohan. A Rare Case of Hydatoptysis. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2018;60:83-85
- Published an original article Impact of Latent Tuberculosis on Severity and Outcomes in Admitted COVID-19 Patients in cureus Madan M, Baldwa B, Raja A, et al. (November 25, 2021) Impact of Latent Tuberculosis on Severity and Outcomes in Admitted COVID-19 Patients. Cureus 13(11): e19882.
- Published a case report Covid-19 presenting as isolated severe thrombocytopenia in an HIV-lymphoma survivor Madan M, Shareef I, Raja A, Dwivedi T, Mittal S, Sahoo B, Meena VP, Tiwari P, Mohan A, Mallick S. Natl Med J India. 2022 Jul-Aug;35(4):235-236.
- Published an original article Temporal evolution of diaphragm thickness and diaphragm excursion among subjects hospitalized with COVID-19 : A prospective observational study Hadda V, Raja A, Suri TM, Khan MA, Mittal S, Madan K, Mohan A. Temporal evolution of diaphragm thickness and diaphragm excursion among subjects hospitalized with COVID-19: A prospective observational study. Respir Med Res 2022;83:100960.
- EBUS guidelines in LUNG India Mohan, Anant1,; Madan, Karan1; Hadda, Vijay1; Mittal, Saurabh1; Suri, Tejas1; Shekh, Irfan1; Guleria, Randeep1; Khader, Abdul2; Chhajed, Prashant3; Christopher, Devasahayam J.4; Swarnakar, Rajesh5; for the “EBUS Guidelines Working Group” Working group Members (in alphabetical order by surname); Agarwal, Ritesh6; Aggarwal, Ashutosh Nath6; Aggarwal, Shubham1; Agrawal, Gyanendra7; Ayub, Irfan Ismail8; Bai, Muniza1; Baldwa, Bhvya1; Chauhan, Abhishek1; Chawla, Rakesh9; Chopra, Manu10; Choudhry, Dhruva11; Dhar, Raja12; Dhooria, Sahajal6; Garg, Rakesh13; Goel, Ayush1; Goel, Manoj14; Goyal, Rajiv15; Gupta, Nishkarsh13; Manjunath, BG11; Iyer, Hariharan1; Jain, Deepali16; Khan, Ajmal17; Kumar, Raj18; Koul, Parvaiz A.19; Lall, Ajay20; Arunachalam, M.1; Madan, Neha K.21; Mehta, Ravindra22; Loganathan, N23; Nath, Alok17; Nangia, Vivek24; Nene, Amita25; Patel, Dharmesh26; Pattabhiraman, V. R.27; Raja, Arun1; Rajesh, Benin1; Rangarajan, Amith1; Rathi, Vidushi1; Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh6; Shankar, Sujay H.1; Sindhwani, Girish28; Singh, Pawan K.11; Srinivasan, Arjun27; Talwar, Deepak29; Thangakunam, Balamugesh4; Tiwari, Pawan1; Tyagi, Rahul1; Chandra, Naren V.1; Sharada, V.1; Vadala, Rohit1; Venkatnarayan, Kavitha30. Guidelines for endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA): Joint Indian Chest Society (ICS)/Indian Association for Bronchology (IAB) recommendations. Lung India 40(4):p 368-400, Jul–Aug 2023.